A leading independent prep school in Somerset, offering excellence in education for 2-13 year olds
The second half of term began with an uplifting Headmaster’s Assembly as Mr McCullough welcomed Reverend Jonathan Morris to speak about yesterday’s All Saints’ Day. Jonathan spoke of the Beatitudes recounted by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, and talked about how these eight blessings offer consolations to the […]
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Congratulations to Year 8 pupil, Levi, who won the Open Visual Arts competition at the TYCA (Taunton Youth Culture and Arts) Festival this week. Levi beat off stiff competition from schools and colleges across the South West with his ceramic work ‘3 bowls for soup’. The judges were looking for creativity and originality, content, and […]
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Congratulations to senior pupil, Grace, who received a bronze certificate and the best in school certificate at this year’s Junior Maths Challenge with the UK Mathematics Trust, which took place last term. Inspired by her achievements, our younger pupils have been buffing up on strategy games in junior maths club with Mrs Crane, including three […]
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Let the battle commence! Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed last Friday’s history trip to Maiden Castle, the largest and most complex Iron Age hillfort in Britain. As well as exploring the steep ramparts and searching for evidence of the Roman invasion and abandonment, the groups had great fun attacking and defending the hillfort. A brilliant day […]
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Years 5 to 8 camped under the stars on Saturday for our first boarding activity weekend of the year. Following a hearty breakfast on Sunday, the children got stuck into some bushcraft with Hooke Court’s Chris McConnell. As well as gutting fish and plucking pigeons for a gamekeeper’s stew, the teams discovered three different ways […]
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Perrott Hill has today joined the Stirling Education family of schools, which currently includes 55 schools and two universities across Europe, India and the Middle East. Perrott Hill becomes the ‘flagship’ UK school and will be very much a part of growing and shaping the group as it expands into the UK. “Stirling Education has […]
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And the winner is… Perrott Hill! We are on cloud nine after being announced as the winner of the Supporting Junior Boarders award at the prestigious BSA Awards 2020 this week. This is an incredible achievement, especially considering the stiff competition from fellow finalists, Farleigh School and Saint Ronan’s School. “Supporting junior boarders to flourish […]
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New this term! Our Monday evening academic sessions for senior pupils, in preparation for Common Entrance and life beyond PH, are already proving a hit. In true Perrott spirit, no session is complete without a game of bulldog on the Front Terrace and some downtime in the dorms.
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Each September, our Year 8 pupils go on a residential team building and geography trip to Hooke Court in Wales. This year, instead, we brought Hooke Court to Perrott Hill! Many thanks to the amazing Chris McConnell for a superb day of team building this month, which included exploding Christmas pudding pots and a car […]
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From Forest School to the Front Terrace, pupils across the school have been making the most of our glorious outdoor space this week. It’s been great to see everyone getting stuck into our activities programme too, with golf, ceramics, music technology and carpentry among the options.
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